Presidency: Tinubu has no pathway to victory, can only win South West – PDP – PCC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says only its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has what it takes to win the February 25th Presidential election.

Addressing a press conference at the Atiku Presidential campaign office in Abuja on Wednesday, Osita Chidoka, Director Voter Intelligence and Strategy of the PDP Presidential Campaign, said various opinion polls conducted about the elections gave Atiku the spread and pathway to victory on Saturday, while the APC candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu can only win in the South West.

The former minister of Aviation also said the party is ready for the elections and have trained all the agents in the 8,809 wards and 774 local governments areas across the country.

Answering questions on the opinion polls before the election, Chidoka said “All the polls have confirmed that Atiku Abubakar will win in the North-West and the North-East. I have not seen any poll that said otherwise. I have not seen any poll that said he will not be second in the South-East and probably win some states in the South-South.

“We have the candidate of the APC that may hold sway in the South-West, there is no other region where he will win, he would not win in the South-East, he will not win in the South South, he will not win in the North west, he will not win in the North-East, so he has no pathway to power.

“In fact the pathway to power in a two-way election even a three-way election is that you must win four regions, to be able to make the 24 States, and FCT and win the majority of votes. If you go to the candidate of the APC there is no region where he is holding sway.

“The North-West has about 30% of our votes in the country, the North East with about 15%. So 45% of the Notional votes has been set to be in favour of Atiku Abubakar. In the North-Central is very competitive where ever he doesn’t win election like, Niger, Nasarawa, he will be coming second, and in the South-East he will be coming second wherever he doesn’t win the election.

“In the South-South same is the case, so his election is similar to president Shagari election who with 23 percent of the votes become president because he was consistent in coming second to Chief Obafemi Awolowo, coming second to Nnamdi Azikiwe and win in critical states. Don’t forget Shagari ran election against Aminu Kano and Waziri Ibrahim. Shagari did not win 25 percent of the votes cast in Kano because Aminu Kano was running and I will tell you that Shagari did not win 10 percent in Lagos.”

Chidoka also said “INEC has also repeatedly assured us that Saturday’s elections will be free and fair, that the elections will not be postponed; and that the vote of ordinary Nigerians will count. Therefore, I want to ask my fellow Nigerians to come out and vote. It is only when we vote, we can have a say in the governance of our nation. It is only when we vote, we would have performed our civic duty.”